Consuelo Vanderbilt Balsan, Duchess of Marlborough
Portrait of Consuelo Vanderbilt (1877 - 1964), American heiress and first wife of Charles Spencer-Churchill, 9th Duke of Marlborough. She married the duke in 1895 after being coerced into the marriage by her mother. After her divorce in 1920, she devoted much of her time to social welfare and was married again, to Colonel Jacques Balsan
Picture No
10269284
Media ID
46053077
Size
2900px x 4911px
(2.5MB)
Credit
© Illustrated London News Ltd/Mary Evans
Source
Portrait painted by Carolus Duran reproduced in The Sketch magazine Christmas Number, 1958
Date
c.1900
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